Template for doors and windows



-March 27, 192& 1,664,076

R. L. HUMPHREY TEMPLATE FOR DOORS AND WINDOWS Fil d April 12. 1926 2 Sheet;-Shee t 1 ATTQZNEY March 27, .1928.

R. L. HUMPHREY TEMPLATE FOR DOORS AND WINDOWS Filed April 12. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 w Edy/none? Patented Mar. 2' 7, 1928 I ZRAYMONDP'LPHU-MPHREY, 0E os- NenLnsQcALmon-NIA."

TTEMPIDATE( FOR DOORSI' AND' WINDOW S.

- :Application filedApril 12,:1926. .-S.eria1ifio. 101,309Q if My invention being referred tot-as a, template for. doors and =-w-indows, it. may: be understoodto bean object ofthis, invention .to provide an expansible organizationsuit :able to be inserted-in a quadrilateral opening, to be "expanded v therein into contact with the; j ambior :frame-members defining said opening, and .tO hHVQiitS parts relative- I I ,fectirectang ularform being suggested by ly movable .in a -man-ner hereinafter de-,

scribed, lockedin their-adjusted position,.'

the entire. organization I being then removed from the open-ingand employed i-nthe marking-and c-utting-of=-.aIdo0r,tavi11dow, or the like, to the exact size desired; It being ,well. known 'thatathe -i frames supplied by factories :and by ifabricators of sheet metal "for \use .=i=nv door :and avindow openings are not .-t0-:-be presume'd reliably rectangular at the time of their delivery, and wellknown also that theiinco'rporation of the same in buildings oftentends', touamaccidental, deformation thereof, so that the corners may not be'rectangularand the sides may not bestraight -it islan object of this invention to i provide improved \rneans for ascertaining the exact shapeof; anpopening of theflzgencral character "referred to; .and

preferred embodiments ofmmy invention,

comprising ian inner .frame whose parts are intended. to be very rigidly-and; permanently connected, and an outer fra-me ,including -fleXi blemembers -Wl1l0h-&16 pivoted together at the corners thereof and are provided with. means i for locking the.-.same"in various positions; may include means, such-Tas a: central crank or lever for.expandingrthe men- I tioned corners of said'outerframeand press ing the same,. either:byih-orizontal gexpan sion' or by vertical expansion.orabyacombination of the two, into the. corresponding angles of a door ."oriwindow sopening,..or the like. I

Other objects. of -myinvention;including the use of bevel :gears upon sseparatedshatts in transmitting motion from .a -central, crank or lever, to advance orretra-ct slidable blocks,

connected by diagonal members wi thathe respective. corners. ofsaidinner frame, and the ase ot'means whereby corresponding sections of said outer frame'arevoompelled toadvance or contract equally .,witl1 ,rcference to the main members :of- -said inner frame. and incl-udingualsoa a provisionof coaxial 1 extensions uponflv the 1 ends; of inner frame members xrigidly. connected-in 'the manner described, may :be best appreciated embodiment of my invention, taken. in. connectionv with f the; appended claims and the accompanying drawings, in which Eig.,l isgan 'elevational view. showing .an

corners: are; notftrue,fdeviations "from a per-.

f thef'use --of several dash linesgand clamp trom the following description of atypical embodiment :of-my invention as disposed .ina: quadrilateral opening .whose s1des.,and

.hand-lesgwhich maybe of the sameform as substantially as. indicated by the. line 3 ofiFiggl,

LFigIA .isja detail View, taken on La" difr'ferents'cale ofenlargement, andas indicated by.the,lline.4r4e of Fig.1. i

Fig.-5 isa :detailview, taken substantially 23S indicatedibytheline' 55 of .Fig. 1.

.,Eigs.. 612t'11d7fi176 respectively detail views, on. a. scale further j enlarged, and taken substantially; as. indicated the lines. 66 and .EFig. .8 is a detail view, on ascale com- .parablewithiFigs. 1 6 and 7, showing apre- .ferrech corner-construction which permits pivotal vmovement between connectedparts of. an. outer frame, as hereinafter described.

Referring .to the specific details of that. embodiment of my invention chosen for purposes offillustratiom'I may'form an inner framelof tWomembers, such as bars 11 and 1 2,- rigidly. connected, as by inter-fitting or Weldingin aicentral region of intersection associating with I this rigid inner -frame an outer and flexible frame, such as a frame comprisingshorter or end sections 13 and 1 4 c nnected .atlt-heir respective ends with side sections15 and :ffllherespective end sections and side sections..mentioned. .may each be formed of two or. more members slidably connected insuch manner as to permitloflongitudinal expansionor contraction. For example, each of said sections may. comprisea pair of oppositely disposed terminal members, as 1 5 and 15",.Fig. .4, centrally cut away and. grooved, somewhat as shown at 17, 17, Fig.6, to receive. an intermediatemember 18;v and, in order touassure" an equality of the. relative movement between (say) the respective terminal members .15? and 15?, or their. equiva? lents, relatively to the intermediate member '18, or its equivalent, I may secure-centrally of the latter a small pinion 19, adapted simultaneouslyto engage inwardly facing racks 20, 21, integral with or carried by the respective terminal members and 15",-

means such as a reinforcing plate 22 and ends of the frame members 11 and 12 with longitudinally slidable extensions 26, 26 (on the longer inner frame member 11) and 27, 27 (on the shorter orvhorizontal inner frame -member 12) and I may rigidly connect the outer ends of these extensions, or their equivalents, 'with the intermediate members of the respectlve outer frame sections by means such as screws 28, 28 (Fig. 4;) 0 extending throughsaid intermediate members and into fingers 29, 29, on the end of the mentioned extensions,the fingers 29, 29 serving incidentallyas guards for the pinions 19.

Upon an insertion of an organization of the general character described within a door or opening or the like, it will be obvious that the outer frame elements may be so'expanded as to thrust the ends of the terminal members 15 and 15 and the ends of the associated sections 13, 14 and 16 into the angles of the opening to which a door or window,-or the like, is to be fitted; but, in order to obtain a faithful outlineof said j opening, I consider it important to provide detail in Fig. 8, the outeror corner-forming ends of terminal members 15? and 14 being overlapped, halved away or otherwise interfitt'ed or secured together, as'by means of a transverse pin and, in order to lock all parts of the flexible outer frame in any position to which they may in any way be forced, relatively to a rigid inner frame of the char acter described, or of any preferred character, I may interconnect the mentioned frames at various points by diagonal members, releasably securing the inner ends thereof to the inner frame by clamps of any preferred character.

For example, pivotingdiagonal or brace elements 31, 81', 32 and 32 respectively to lugs or brackets 33, 33', 84, 84 upon outer frame elements 15 and 16 (corresponding diagonal elements being similarly secured to ter separatelyillustrated in Fig. 3. Each or these'clamps may comprise an outer or front plate 37 and an inner or rear plate 38, secure-d together by means such as rivets, bolts orscrews 89,which may be identical with or distinct from pivots 40, by which the inner end of the mentioned diagonal elements are secured. Using this or an equivalent construction, a clamping pressure may be applied by means suchas a lever or wheel or other handle 11,'sh own as rigidly, connected witha threaded stem 42, entering a box 43 in the plate 37- and carrying a swiveled clamping head 44:. i

' Using this or a similar construction, and

providing suflicient play between the inner framemember 11, or its equivalent, and the mentioned floating blocks (as by leaving the large lateral clearances'shown at 45 and 46, Fig. 3) said floating blocks being permitted not only to move longitudinally of the inner frame members but to assume various inclined positions relatively thereto (as suggested, with some exaggeration, in Figs. 1 and 2) when these floating blocks are locked in the positions which they naturally assume upon the spreading of the flexible outer frame into contact with the walls of the surrounding opening (similar inclined braces in forcing the terminal or corner members of therouter frame into the angles of an opening, toprovide, for this purpose, mechanical means of the general character best illustrated inlFigs. 1, 2 and 5.

Depending upon the size or my templates,

the extensions 26, 26, 27 and 27 may respec-- tively carry floating blocks 47, 4:7, 4:8 and a8, and, inorder to permit an application of clamping pressure, through said exten sions to the framesupon which the same are mounted, said extension may be provided with longitudinal kerfs 49; but. as to diago- I nal corner braces 50, 50, 51 and 51, extending approximately or directly toward the respective pivots 30,these braces may be con nectedwith expanding or thrusting means 1 comprising blocks (52, 52) having integral or'fattached' projections 53, respectively threaded; as atst, 5 for engagement suitablescrews 55. These screws,x.preferably-on j shafts of sufficient length and *resilienee to 3 permit of a lateral shifting of the blocks 52, '5 -52 in the-general mannerindicated in F'igs.

'l and 2- (this shifting 'bei-ngassumed to result from defective anglesatt-he-upper right hand corner and lower-left hand-corner of the opening) may be operated byany" suittated by means such as centrali bevel gear '56, engaging small cooperating bevel "gears 57 57 thereon, the inner ends of the shafts "08, 58 on which these gears-are secured, be- --ing steadie d by-any suitable means, such as guides or bearings 59,l59,shown in Fig. 2 as secured tothe longer rigid' frame niember 11; and the central ;gear 56,*or its equivalent, may be rotated by 'meanssuch as a shaft-"60, shown as extending through theintersection of the frame elements 11 an dr12an'd there provided with awheel or-erahk (SI-for manual manipulation.

Assuming all clamps to be unlocke'cWand the crank 61 toremain stationary, manual pressure may be used to elongate the outer frame while incidentally narrowing the same, or vice versa; and, according to the direction or directions in which expansion of the outer frame elements is permitted, rotation of the crank 61, or its equivalent, may

cause either lateral or vertical expansion of the outer frame elements; or, according to the effects of friction between relatively 3b sliding parts, expansion in one direction may be simultaneous with or subsequent to expansion in the other direction; but, whether or not I employ the above described cornerthrusting means, providing for the use of transmission means from as central crankor other source of mechanical power, it should be understood that the forcing of the corners of my template into the angles of an opening is practically the first step following the insertion of the same into the opening, this step being followed byamanual application of such lateral and'upward and downward pressures as may be required to bring the remaining portions of the flexible frame sectionsinto contact atpractically all points. All parts being then clamped rigidly in their established relationships, the template may be withdrawn and laid upon or against the door or window or other closure element which is to be correspondingly trimmed;

' to those suggested herein; might be devised,

*by those-skilledin the art to-wvhich this case 7 relates; without involving the slightest departurefrom' the spirit and scope of my invention,-as1t he same is indicated above and in thefollowing claims. Y

'1' cl 31111 as my lnvention 'LIn a templatefor use in quadrilateral.

openings: 'a' substantially rigid interior frame a' flexible exterior frame mounted on said'interior frame comprisinglparts pivot- 'connectedto form corners; and means operatively connected to said interiorframe for thrusting said corners into the angles 'of an opening.

'2.'In a'template foruse in. quadrilateral openings: a substantially rigid interior frame comprising parts disposed-substantial- 'l v=at right anglesto one anothcr; flexible exterior frame mounted on said interior framecomprising parts pivotallygconnected to form corners; and meansoperat vely connested to saidinterior frame for thrusting said corners into the angleszof an opening.

I 'In a template for use in quadrilateral openings: a substantially rigid interior frame; a flexible exterior frame mounted on said interior frame comprising parts pivotally connected to form corners; and means operatively connected to said interior frame for thrusting said corners into the angles of j an opening,said interior frame being in the form of bars intersecting at their respective centers and there carrying means for operating said thrustingmeans.

5. In a template for use in quadrilateral openings a substantially rigid interior 1 frame; a flexible exterior frame comprising parts pivotally connected to form corners; means operatively connected to said interior frame for thrusting said corners into the angles of an opening,said interior frame being in the form of bars intersecting at their respective centers and respectively provided with extensions movable longitudinally thereof and brace members connecting said frames together.

6. In a template for use in quadrilateral openings: a substantially rigid interior frame ;'a flexible exterior frame comprising parts pivotally connected to form corners means operatively connected to said interior framenfor thrusting said corners into the angles of a'nropenin means on said interior frame for compelling oppositely extending parts of said outer frame, when expanded or contracted, to advance equally with reference to said inner frame and brace members connecting said frames together.

7 In atemplate for use in quadrilateral openings: a substantially rigid interior frame; a flexible exterior'frame comprising parts pivotally connected to form corners; means operatively connected to said interior frame for thrusting said corners into the angles ofan opening; means on said interior frame for compelling oppositely extending parts of said outer frame, when expanded or contracted, to advance equally with reference to said inner frame, said last mentioned means comprising racks respectively secured to terminal members of outer frame sections, a pinion secured relatively to an intermediate member of said sections and brace inem- 'bers connecting said frames together.

8. Ina template for use in quadrilateral openings: a substantially rigid interior frame; a flexible exterio'r frame comprising parts pivotally connected to form corners; means operatively connected to said interior to said inner frame.

9. A template of the general character defined inclaim 1 in which said flexible exterior frame comprises sections which include a plurality of terminal members and an intermediate member slidably connected there with. V

10. A template of the general character defined in claim 1 in which said thrusting means is capable of producing eitherlateral or longitudinal expansion, or a combination of longitudinal and lateral. expansion,

according to the'direction or directions in which relative motion is permitted by the size and shape of the opening to be fitted.

- Iii-testimony whereof, IfllzlVQ hereunto .set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 81st day of March, 1926. 1

RAYMOND L. HUMPHREY. 

